A GOP Senate candidate said she is "appalled" by inflammatory comments her husband made on Facebook that came to light this week.
Joni Ernst, who faces Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) in November in the race to succeed Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), responded to Gail Ernst's posts, saying, “I'm appalled by my husband's remarks. They are uncalled for and clearly inappropriate. I've addressed this issue with my husband and that's between us," according to The Des Moines Register.
On Monday, BuzzFeed published a May 2013 Facebook post by Gail Ernst that included a photo of Hillary Clinton and called the former secretary of state a “hag.”
Democratic operatives provided The Des Moines Register screenshots of more Facebook comments, which the paper published Tuesday.
The posts include Facebook jokes, such as one from March 2013 that read: "What do you do if you see your ex running around in your front yard screaming and bloody? Stay calm. Reload. And try again."
Damn! Can Sarah Palin pick them or what?
And you just KNOW that Ernst laughed right along with her husband at these jokes right up until they became a political liability.
So much for all of that girl power huh Joni?
Not nice! Leave it to Sarah Palin to have befriended and endorsed the likes of this candidate who has an idiot for a husband! (Or, more likely, a husband w/lots of hate and evilness as a part of his soul!) Ick!
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DeleteI'm sure he'd be a compassionate spouse witnessing testimony from victims of domestic violence and whatnot.
DeleteAnd THAT is what gets me, 10:02 AM. Just because they're evangelicals "and" politicians, gives them a free pass to lie, cheat, and steal? I've never read that in any Bible.
DeleteDid he take a good look at the hag PayMe when she was there supporting his wife? Did he even recognize her from the McCain campaign? Seems like Joni and her husband GAIL are well matched. Is he another Marcus Bachmann?? Seems like she is more manly than he is.
DeleteHe couldn't take his eyes off Tawd and vice versa.
DeleteWater seeks it's own level.
Delete@1:06:
Delete"Water seeks it's own level."
Evidently shit does, too. At the bottom of the hill."
If you believe that Joni was not privy to Gail's rants, you are a Fool.
DeleteSo, Joni, was this just another "unfortunate accident?"
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ReplyDeleteClassy folks, no? Cannot fathom that Joni Ernst The Hog Castrator/Tea Party puppet may represent the wonderful state of Iowa unless the dems get out the vote!!! Swapping the likes of Joni Ernst for the fantastic Tom Harkin is ridiculous. If she really had something important to contribute, would she have gone with the pig castrating ad. Does she think that little of herself? Oh yes, she is a GOP woman and it's ok if they dress like horny teen girls, claim Ben Franklin was our finest president or insist "I am not a witch." Anything to turn the men on and win!
ReplyDeleteCookie cutters of each other, one and all!
Deleteso sarah, what party is it again that has a war on women??
ReplyDeleteA GOP Senate candidate said she is "appalled" by inflammatory comments her husband made on Facebook that came to light this week.
ReplyDeleteHow does Joni Ernst feel about an
endorsement from a former politician whose husband was or is a pimp?
Perfectly fine, obviously. She's fine with her husband, too. He just caught caught.
DeleteAnon 9:45 who endorsed Joni and has a pimp for a husband?
Delete10:56 AM Have you been in a coma for the past 6 years? Sarah Palin's Husband is known as a Pimp in Anchorage Alaska. Any other questions?
DeleteLets see if Joni can make her husband toe the line. If she can't control her husband, then how will she be effective in Congress with the other sexist representatives?
ReplyDeleteWell, to do damage control, 'Gail' made his FB page private as of today or yesterday.
DeleteLike Rick Perry said. "Ooops."
DeleteSeems the pig castrator just castrated her husband :)
ReplyDeleteWhy is anyone surprised by the type of husband a woman like Ernst would be drawn to. We in Alaska have been living with Sarah and her predatory, pimp husband for years. Surprise, surprise. Pea's in a pod.
ReplyDeletethis whole holding people (anyone) responsible for another's shit that no one knew about is just stupid. AND obviously further indications that the bloggers who support it are unbalanced and don't deserve to vote.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the spouse of a federal lawmaker has no bearings on said lawmakers ability to legislate their world view. Like Gail would encourage his pig castrating wife to support the Violence Against Women Act. Did you find no fault with Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton being married to powerful people? Didn't think so. Nice nackhanded insult with asshole.
DeleteTo me it says a lot about their judgement. Do we really want a person making laws who married someone who makes hilariously misogynist murder jokes?
Delete10:09 AM---I know, isn't it strange how the GOP seems to hold Hillary Clinton somehow responsible in the Lewsinky mess? Don't deserve to vote, I guess....
DeleteThis whole holding people responsible for what someone else says does matter. Ted Cruz's father, Rafael, goes around giving campaign speeches for his son, saying things that Ted cannot say personally. But if Dad says them for him, that doesn't make it all right.
DeleteAs for people "deserving to vote," that's the sign that the comment was written by an idiot. People are either registered to vote or not. If they are registered, it is their right to vote. No one is granted the right to vote because they are "deserving."
"this whole holding people (anyone) responsible for another's shit"
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Oh, you must be talking about how right-wingers hold Hillary Clinton responsible for her husband's affair with Lewinsky.
What does that have to do with bloggers?
Damn you are just stupid! I honestly think there should be an IQ minimum to vote. Yours can't be above 80. Your comments are illiterate.
DeleteIt also goes to a candidates ability to campaign effectively (important to donors) and to govern effectively (important to voters). To run and to govern, the candidate must have the support of her/his family and their family must demonstrate they can meet standards of civility and decorum and can keep their personal lives and personal views in the background. Having a family member do or say something grossly inappropriate is a huge distraction for an elected official.
DeleteLiz, you are right that a candidates family must demonstrate that they meet the standards of civility and decorum, and not do or say anything grossly inappropriate as it could detract from the candidate themselves.
DeleteOf course it was just some facebook posts in bad taste.... Its not like he was a well known womanizer, having a string of well publicized mistresses and sexual dalliances thru his career finally culminating in banging an intern half his age in the white house, getting busted, and lying to the american people and congress about it.... I mean god forbid anyone do anything that far out.
And by the way, I like Bill, just try not to be such a hypocrite.
Dear 12:59- Did you notice that no one is calling for Joni Ernst's impeachment?
DeleteJust turning the old tired rantings around so you can hopefully realize how hypocritical YOUR world view is.
For another example, if the husband's screed is irrelevant, how do you explain all the "Obama pals around with terrorists" hysteria in reference to a meeting at a home where both the future President and Bill Ayers showed up?
Duh-oh. Wild Tortoise
LOL, 12:59. Wasn't President Clinton the public official, not the "family."?
DeleteWhat was then, is not now, he is the 'family' this time around Liz, and your Hillary is the candidate who turned a blind eye all those years until it became a political embarrassment.
DeleteYou guys are trying to use something Ernst's husband did as if it disqualifies her as unfit for the office. Well, whats good for the goose is good for the gander. The only thing worse than politicians like Ernst, are hypocrites like yourselves.
Also too, I wonder if Jodi chuckled at such comments when said in private. I bet Ernst husband dearest Gail (gaydar name alert!) has said some objectionable things about the current president.
DeleteIf Hillary Clinton runs and wins in 2016, then she will be the nut-cutting National Guardswomans Commander in Chief. Unless she quits.
@12:59 Are you describing Pimp Daddy Todd Palin's actions? Or are you describing Sarah Palin's many trysts?
Delete10:09 AM You are just stupid. As for unbalanced, you are number 1. Trolling is your life, SAD.
DeleteDearest 2:21: Hillary Clinton is not a candidate.
DeleteAnd she is not "my" Hillary. She is her own women.
As for what President Clinton did or did not do, it really just illustrates that "distractions" are to be avoided.
As for what Mr. Ernst did, it is terrible. Much worse than consensual sex, which I have no problem with, BTW.
Joni Ernst IS unfit for office. She's unfit all on her own.
Earth to Gail: You are no Adonis yourself, shithead.
ReplyDeleteCountry bumpkin, without the straw dangling from his mouth.
DeleteI really doubt Stain will see anything wrong with Gail's comments.
ReplyDeleteIt's unfathomable that this asshole is a father of three females.
It is now carved in granite, set in concrete, and cast in steel.
ReplyDeleteJoni has no chance.
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Well well, this revelation is right on time. It put Sarah in her place, where she, a few days ago, was whining that she's a target of sexism and here her endorsement's hubby is a raging misogynist.
ReplyDeleteThat husband of Joni's better not hang around the barn with the pigs, or he'll be singing counter-tenor in their choir.
ReplyDeleteHey, Sarah, why haven't you called out Gail Ernst, Joni's nasty husband? Joni's not that much of a looker, either, and her hair looks funny. According to Sarah, we are supposed to judge our politicians and candidates by their actions and words, not their looks. That's how we judged Sarah. That's why we reacted to Joni's talk of castrating pigs. No matter what Hillary looks like, on her worst day, she is still smarter than Gail, Joni, Todd and Sarah put together.
ReplyDeleteWhy would Sarah Palin call out Joni Ernst' s husband when she won't call out her husband?
DeleteBOYS WILL BE BOYS right Sarah?
Shailey Tripp called out her pimp
DeleteI swear to the Gods if we dems don't get off our disillusioned butts and make a difference, we are done for. This kind of shit would have been an embarrassment to a politician when I was young.
ReplyDeleteOf course, the palin wouldn't have made it to mayor then either. We are going downhill, guys.
Amen to that! Unfortunately, there's plenty of the same mindset as these yahoos.
DeleteO/T Have you seen this? http://samuel-warde.com/2014/06/sarah-palin-let-tell-see-house/
ReplyDeleteOK, is she not FB friends with her husband? Why did she not make him take this stuff down before she decided to run. The answer is that she didn't think it was wrong. Sick.
ReplyDeleteRepublican War On Women
ReplyDeleteOff topic.
ReplyDeleteUnhelpful domestic violence and second amendment tips from your abuse enabling Uncle 'Craycray' Pat.
www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/11/pat-robertson-dont-get-your-father-busted-if-he-threatens-mom-with-a-gun/
Joni is married to a man named Gail who thinks it's funny to post on his wife's facebook, but they discussed it and it's now "between them" Hey Gail, sleep with one eye open, Joni's quick with the de nutting wires that quarterize while they cut.
ReplyDeleteHey Gail, why are you walking like a six year old trying mom's high heels?
All kidding aside, Joni's no "catch" (though she looks pretty good next to Sarah, but then Sarah has the same effect on mooseturds) And Sarah had the chutzpah to call out President Obama on "sexism" based on what someone read to her in Hillary's book?
What's wrong with this picture? Gail must be one hunk of a man, he hasn't appeared on her commercials (that I know of), Just Sarah and Joni. ;0)
Well I would assume that she is "friend(s)" with her husband on facebook....so denying that "she did not know" seems to be one of those "Lying for Jesus" things that her and her ilk do so well....
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